Le gang (1977) Blu-Ray

After the enormous popularity of Borsalino and its sequel Borsalino et Co. in the early 1970s, director Jacques Deray and actor/producer Alain Delon hoped to repeat their success with Le Gang, a similar kind of period gangster action film. The film was based on a novel by Roger Borniche, which recounted the real-life story of a notorious gangster boss, Pierre Loutrel (known as "Pierrot le Fou").

In Le Gang (1976), set in 1945 when the French police are somewhat disorganised while trying to root out Nazi collaborators from their ranks, Delon (in a curly wig) assembles a gang which embarks on a series of daring robberies. The story is told in flashbacks from the point of view of Delon's mistress as his mournful gang gather round his deathbed.